PunjabChief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday finally broke his silence on theallegations made by former cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on his own government overshoddy investigation in the SIT probe in Kotkapura police firing case.
Inan interview to a private channel, Capt Amarinder Singh said that if Navjot Sidhuhas any doubts on his capabilities to lead the government, then he should once contestelection against him from Patiala to know the ground reality.
Heopenly challenged cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to contestagainst him and lose his security deposit like Gen JJ Singh.
CaptAmarinder Singh said that the former minister Navjot Sindh Sidhu may join thepolitical party of his choice, but speaking against his own party is gross indiscipline.
“Byraising questions and attacking the Chief Minister of his own government, it isclear that Sidhu wants to join some other party, but neither BJP nor Akaliswill take Sidhu as he has continuously spoken against them, so there is limitedchoice left. He can either stay in the Congress or join AAP”, said Punjab CM.
Meanwhile,Sidhu suddenly became active in Punjab politics over the desecration of theGuru Granth Sahib, an incident which occurred way back in 2015. He has postedmany tweets and even went to the Burj Jawahar Singh gurdwara, the epicentre ofthe sacrilege incidents in Faridkot district in 2015, in the recent past andsaid that the report prepared in connection with the case by the SpecialInvestigation Team should be made public.
Inhis tweets, Sidhu has hinted that things are not smooth, saying: "When youkeep your conscious mortgage, then no power matters."
Theactiveness of the cricketer-turned-politician is being closely watched by theCongress, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also trying to fish in troubledwater given that Punjab will go to the polls next year. Also, speculationsare being made that Sidhu is all set to switch party and is likely to join AAP.
Replyingwhy Sunil Jakhar and Punjab Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawaresigned, Capt Amarinder said that they both are doing good work and he has assuredthem that the culprits would be brought to justice soon.
Meanwhile,minutes after reports of Capt Amarinder speaking up against the former ministerwent public, Navjot Singh Sidhu, in a tweet, said, “Efforts to derail Punjab’sconscience will fail ... My Soul is Punjab and Punjab’s Soul is Guru GranthSahib Ji ... Our fight is for Justice & punishing the guilty, an assemblyseat is not even worth discussion in the same breathe”.